EMH locates Cinovec lithium project on former coal power plant site
Published by Will Owen,
Editor
Global Mining Review,
European Metals Holdings Ltd (EMH) has published the following update regarding the Cinovec lithium project.
Highlights:
- New processing plant site confirmed at Prunérov EPR1.
- New site has benefits in respect to construction costs, waste management, access to utilities and transport links and logistics, and geotechnical characteristics.
- Work on updating the DFS to include the revised project configuration has already commenced with results expected to be released in mid-2025.
- Engineering work has continued, in parallel to finalising the process plant location, to optimise mining and processing Capex and Opex, including potential for increased production, and confirmation of changes to FECAB for flotation.
- Extensive stakeholder engagement in respect to the EPR1 site.
Confirmation of new processing plant site
The company announced the change of plant site to Prunérov on 26 April 2024. The Prunérov area is several hundred hectares in extent and Geomet, the project company, has studied numerous potential locations (potential plant footprints) within the Prunérov area, focussing on how to optimise the Cinovec processing plant from a construction, operability and ongoing maintenance perspective both in technical and commercial terms. These assessments have encompassed comparative capital expenditure (CAPEX) assessments, long-term suitability, and sustainability assessments including in relation to waste management, re-connection, and ongoing access to utilities and transport links and logistical aspects, geological and geotechnical surveys, including geotechnical drilling.
Final site selection has now been completed, with the Cinovec Project processing plant to be located on the site of the former Prunérov 1 Power Station (EPR1).
Geotechnical drilling has been undertaken on two of the sites in the Prunérov area and the final site at EPR1 has a near-complete geotechnical survey and site demolition report from the decommissioning of the power station, with some minor infill drilling required to complete the database.
Prunérov Power Station, comprised of EPR1 and EPR2 was the largest coal-fired power plant in the Czech Republic with an installed capacity of 1490 MW. EPR1 was decommissioned by CEZ in 2020 and demolished in 2022 – 2023, whilst EPR2 remains in operation.
Locating the Cinovec processing plant here seamlessly delivers into the Czech Government plans to re-develop the Prunérov site with new energy technology and related businesses.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/05122024/emh-locates-cinovec-lithium-project-on-former-coal-power-plant-site/
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